“It’s been a terrific partnership between Ford, Multimatic and Chip Ganassi Racing,” Ganassi Team Managing Director Mike Hull, told IMSA. “Our guys have been an integral part of working with the R&D car all the way through to this, being the first production race car. We’ve been with them not only at the race tracks but at the factory in Toronto, through the build process. It’s been pretty complete.”

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We are sure there will be much more to come from this car in the future, but it’s definitely great to know that Ford is pushing hard long before racing season starts.

“It feels great to get my first miles in Chip Ganassi Racing’s brand-new car,” driver Scott Pruett said to IMSA. “We’ve been working on little things getting it up and going—slowly sneaking up on it to find what it likes—and doesn’t like. It’s great to be back at Daytona—and great to be here in a Ford GT.”